Title

In print 20/20: Celebrating 20 years of prints and printmaking.

Venues

Charles Darwin University Art Collection & Art Gallery. (14 November 2013 – 21 February 2014)

Date

(2013 – 2014)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (NT). Prints.

Curator

Angel, Anita.

Web address

https://www.cdu.edu.au/artcollection-gallery/in...

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Established in 1980, the CDU Art Collection is substantively a works on paper collection. Approximately 50 percent of its holdings comprise Workshop Proofs of limited edition prints (including etchings, drypoints, lithographs, screenprints and woodcuts), gifted by artist-printmakers and the University's printmaking studio since 1993. A survey exhibition of 167 prints from the Collection, entitled In Print, highlighting the first two phases of the University printmaking studio's evolution, was mounted in 2010.

Drawn from the CDU Art Collection's permanent holdings, In Print 20/20 marks the 20th anniversary of Northern Editions Printmaking Studio and its predecessor printmaking workshops: the NTU Print Workshop (1993-96) and Northern Editions Printmaking Workshop (1997-2001). It celebrates two decades of prints and printmaking at Charles Darwin University.
As a "sequel survey" exhibition, In Print 20/20 will focus on works dating from approximately 2000 to the present, featuring the third (2002-2008) and fourth (2009-2013) phases of printmaking at Charles Darwin University. Significant developments during this period include: the introduction of water-based, Japanese style woodblock printing (suisai moku hanga), the production of prints in hand-bound book form and the creation of 3D hand-sewn printed multiples or sculptures.

In Print 20/20 demonstrates the University's engagement with the creative and cultural life of Northern Australia and adjoining regions through the graphic medium. It acknowledges the valuable contribution made by University print workshop managers, collaborating and editioning printers and visiting or resident artists to the history of prints and printmaking in the region and beyond. [Charles Darwin University media].